Stepping on a German land mine on the Anzio beachhead caused the death of Lt. Leo French, of Pratt. The information came to the family from a staff sergeant who was near him when he was killed, and who is now in this country.

He said Lt. French, with a unit of engineers under his command, was engaged in stringing barbed wire entanglements when in the darkness he contacted the german mine. He previously had been wounded in a shoulder while picking up a soldier who had been hit.

Lt. French was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo French, formerly of Pratt, who now live at Dalhart. A sister, Mrs. H. E. Edwards, lives at Coats. -- The Hutchinson Herald.